"What are you looking for?" can be one of the most expensive questions in a recruiting conversation if you answer before knowing what the job is worth.

In this episode of The Walk-Away Number, TJ Walker shows you how to handle salary expectations when a recruiter approaches you. Learn how to ask for the approved salary range, when it makes sense to name your number first, how to decline an underpriced opportunity gracefully, and how to discuss your current compensation without allowing it to become a ceiling on your next offer.

The advantage comes from being genuinely willing to walk away. When your current situation is acceptable, you can test the opportunity instead of trying to protect it.

The Walk-Away Number is part of the Ultamize Personal Development Podcast Network, prov ...